New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia could miss the rest of the Major League Baseball season with an ailing right knee, manager Joe Girardi indicated on Friday.
Sabathia last started for the Yankees on May 10 and underwent an MRI exam on Thursday after swelling in his knee following a rehabilitation start at Yankees minor league affiliate Trenton on Wednesday.
Asked before Friday's game against the Minnesota Twins if Sabathia's season was in jeopardy, Girardi said that was "probably fair to say".
"The MRI didn't reveal anything new," said Girardi, who added that Sabathia would visit doctor James Andrews on July 14 and that surgery was a possibility.
"They've got to talk about it and decide what's best," Girardi said.
Sabathia has a degenerative knee condition and could need microfracture surgery, which involves a lengthy rehabilitation.
Sabathia has struggled to a record of 3-4 with a 5.28 ERA in eight starts this season.
He went on the disabled list on May 11 with inflammation in his right knee, when Andrews diagnosed what Yankees general manager Brian Cashman called "degenerative changes" in his cartilage.
He has been treated with an injection of cortisone and stem cells, and the Yankees had hoped to have him back shortly after the All-Star break.
"It's not what you want, but you have to deal with it," Girardi said Thursday.
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